Tokyo stocks close lower Tokyo, (MILLAT ONLINE):Tokyo’s main stock market closed lower Thursday, tracking a fall on Wall Street, while traders were unmoved by the Bank of Japan’s decision to keep its ultra-loose monetary policy in place. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.11 percent, or 25.62 points, to 22,866.10 but the broader Topix index […]
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Venezuela cuts Caracas mayor post, tightening Maduro’s grip
Venezuela cuts Caracas mayor post, tightening Maduro’s grip Caracas, (MILLAT ONLINE):Venezuela’s special assembly on Wednesday eliminated the post of Caracas mayor that for years has been an opposition stronghold in another sign of President Nicolas Maduro’s tightening grip on power. The Caracas mayor’s position, held by opposition leaders for a decade, no longer serves the […]
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Donald Trump tastes victory — at last
Donald Trump tastes victory — at last Washington, (MILLAT ONLINE):Looking out over the South Lawn of the White House, flanked by the lawmakers who had just handed him the greatest victory of his tumultuous young presidency, Donald Trump drank in the scene. For this most unconventional of presidents — impulsive, unpredictable, so often frustrated by […]
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North Korean soldier defects to South: Seoul
North Korean soldier defects to South: Seoul Seoul, (MILLAT ONLINE):A North Korean soldier escaped to the South on Thursday across the heavily-guarded Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, triggering gunfire on both sides of the tense border, in the second defection in successive months. The “low-ranking” soldier was spotted by South Korean soldiers using surveillance […]
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Probe plea from family of Australian shot by US police
Probe plea from family of Australian shot by US police Sydney,(MILLAT ONLINE):The family of an unarmed Australian woman killed in a US police shooting pleaded Thursday for a thorough investigation into her death after an American prosecutor criticised the ongoing probe. Justine Damond, 40, was shot in July as she approached a police car in […]
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Ravaged by war, Syria’s Homs relishes Christmas spirit
Ravaged by war, Syria’s Homs relishes Christmas spirit Homs, Syria, (MILLAT ONLINE):The metallic green Christmas tree towers over the bombed-out heart of Syria’s third city Homs, where residents are relishing a holiday cheer they haven’t felt in years. They have been busy putting the final decorative touches on the tree in Hamidiyeh, a neighbourhood in […]